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Obsidian iOS, iPadOS app - Issues

Obsidian's limitations - number of files, slow search

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Tags in file name and in metadata don't work as tags

The pound sign (#) for tags in file name is allowed if the file is directly copied under vault externally. Despite this, it does not work as tags in OB, e.g.:

!500

iCloud

Indexing

• iCloud is the suspect in constant Obsidian indexing: Thread

iCloud free sync is often stuck in synchronizing the Obsidian configuration files

This view on my iPhone has become a daily eyesore:

!250

• The problem, and two potential solutions using Github (manual sync) and Apple Scriptable

Hierarchical tags

Metadata hierarchical tags can't be searched through the hashtag syntax

#paste/glasp

Tags - Obsidian Help

Metadata

• Title: Tags - Obsidian Help
• Tags: #Obsidian, #issue
• URL: https://help.obsidian.md/Editing+and+formatting/Tags

Highlights & Notes

• Nested tags Nested tags define tag hierarchies that make it easier to find and filter related tags. Create nested tags by using forward slashes (/) in the tag name, for example #inbox/to-read and #inbox/processing. Both the Search and Tags plugins support nested tags.
  #paste/e

That's the official documentation, but this is what I saw:
e.g. although the following hierarchical tag d/x in the metadata section of a note

tag: d/x, vocab1, vocab2

is findable by

tag:d/x

search syntax, it is not found by the

#d/x

syntax. But the same hierarchical tag outside the metadata section, expressed as hashtag:

#dx

can be found by both

tag:d/x and #d/x syntax. See how the result contradicts the official doc?

Conclusion: Avoid using hierarchical tags inside metadata for maximum tag findability.

Live preview fails

• (05-21, 2023-04-27) live preview not working

When "live preview" fails, it means what's depicted in this screenshot is not true:

• Can edit
• Showing nice formatting
• Page settings (three-dots menu): Both Reading view and Source mode are OFF

!_attachments/Screen Shot 2023-05-21 at 11.30.38.png

#solution/worked
- one solution: toggle legacy editor, relaunch, and toggle back

Dictionary lookup

• (2023-06-21) The same issue cropped up again:

!250

• See how the word 'well' is not in the dictionary:
  #issue/gone (2023-04-16)

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